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1884

The Boy's Own Paper for Christmas 1884 included the article 'Picture Plaiting' which explained how to cut up three pictures into strips and combine them to make a Multiple-Image Pleated Paper Picture.

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1886

The Boy's Own Paper of 26th June 1886 included the article 'A Paper Bird and a Paper Boat', which contained diagrams showing how to fold the Flapping Bird and a textual description of how to fold the Chinese Junk.

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The Boy's Own Paper of Summer 1886 included an article titled 'Smudgeography' about symmetrical inkblots

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1890

The Boy's Own Paper of 12th April 1890 included the article 'How to Walk Through a Laurel Leaf' by Rev. J. B. Bartlett which is a version of 'How to Climb Through a Playing Card'.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 26th April 1890 included the article 'A Glimpse of the 'Fourth Dimension' about the Mobius Band by Rev. J. B. Bartlett.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 17th May 1890 included the article 'Jacob's Ladder and How to Make It' by H F Hobden.

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The Boy's Own Paper, 4th October 1890 included the article 'More Ink Blurs' by Rev. J. B. Bartlett about symmetrical inkblots.

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1891

The Boy's Own Pape of 24th January 1891 included the anonymous article 'How to Boil Water in a Paper Bag' which explained how to fold The Kettle.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 1st August 1891 included the anonymous article 'Some Paper Novelties' (Part 1) which explained how to fold The Chinese Junk.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 8th August 1891 included the anonymous article 'Some Paper Novelties'. Part 2 which explained how to fold The Bellows and the Puzzle Purse.

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1892

The Boy's Own Paper of 15th October 1892 contained an article 'How to Make a Cardboard Cube' by John Chesterman Smith. The cube was made by the cardboard modelling technique. I have not recorded the article.

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1894

The Boy's Own Paper of 7th April 1894 included the article 'Some More Paperfolding: A Beetle This Time' by G. R, a heavily cut but apparently original design.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 21st July 1894 included the anonymous article 'Some More Paper-folding' which explained how to fold The Froebel Star.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 18th August 1894 included the article 'How to Fold a Chinese Love-Letter' by Burnett Fallow which explained how to fold a version of the Lover's Knot..

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The Boy's Own Paper, 15th December 1894 included the article 'The Story of a Paper Dart' by Burnett Fallow which explained how to fold The Paper Dart.

1895

The Boy's Own Paper of 24th August 1895 included diagrams for a paper boat invented by Sidney V North.

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The Boy's Own Paper of 2nd November 1895 included the article 'A Paper Bird, a Double Boat and a Workshop Hat' by Burnett Fallow which explained how to fold The Cocotte / Pajarita, The Double Boat and The Junk Box (used as a hat).

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1905

BOP 1401 of 18th November 1905 contained an article titled 'How To Fold A Suit of Clothes' by C Horner. Although this sounds possibly like paperfolding it was in fact about how to fold items of clothing.

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1907

The Boy's Own Paper of 2nd November 1907 included the article 'Half an Hour's Fun with a Newspaper' by Morley Adams which explained how to fold Paper Doilies / The Fold and Cut Trellis / The Afghan Rings / How to Climb through a Playing Card.

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